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{{Short description|2008 Canadian documentary film}}
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| name           = Under the Hood: A Voyage Into the World of Torture
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| director       = [[Patricio Henríquez]]
| producer       = Yves Bisaillon<br>Robert Cornellier<br>Patricio Henríquez<br>Colette Loumède<br>[[Raymonde Provencher]]
| writer         = Patricio Henríquez
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| editing        = Andrea Henríquez
| studio         = Macumba International<br>[[National Film Board of Canada]]
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| runtime        = 107 minutes
| released       = {{film date|2008|3}}
| country        = Canada
| language       = English<br>French
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'''''Under the Hood: A Voyage Into the World of Torture''''' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by [[Patricio Henríquez]] and released in 2008.<ref>Frank Loreto, "Under The Hood: A Voyage into the World of Torture". ''Canadian Review of Materials'',  Vol. 16, Iss. 36 (May 21, 2010).</ref> Marking a transition between the focus on [[Chile]]an history in his earlier films and the more international focus of his later career, the film documents the use of [[torture]] as a tool of political and social oppression, both in historical contexts such as the military dictatorships in [[Chile]], [[Argentina]] and [[Guatemala]], and in the then-contemporary context of the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib]] and [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] detention camps during the early 2000s [[War on terror|War on Terror]].<ref>Brendan Kelly, "Montreal filmmaker looks closely at the darkness within". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', November 7, 2008.</ref>
The film premiered at the 2008 [[Thessaloniki Documentary Festival]], and had its Canadian premiere at the 2008 [[Vancouver International Film Festival]].<ref>Marc Glassman, "Canuck docs: from the woods to a living Lennon". ''[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]'', September 15, 2008.</ref>
The film won the [[Jutra Award]] for [[Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary Film]] at the [[11th Jutra Awards]] in 2009.<ref name=northernstars>[https://www.northernstars.ca/les-prix-jutras/ "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards"]. ''Northern Stars''.</ref>
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